Offshoot Coffee sits on the Hay Street edge of Hibernian Place, on the eastern side of central Perth. The working Loring roaster, self-service bakery shelves, retail coffee, and brewing kit occupy a compact room with only a small number of places to sit; the surrounding plaza supplies the spillover space. This is a weekday city stop built around coffee production rather than a large dining room.
The best first visit is direct: ask what is on espresso and filter, choose one coffee that fits your taste, then look at the bags before leaving. Offshoot can make a fast flat white for the office crowd, but its stronger claim is the changing set of single origins and unusual processes. Limited indoor seating and weekend closure are the practical constraints.
Coffee
Offshoot began in 2018 as the roasting arm of Mary Street Bakery and still supplies coffee across that group. Workhorse is the dependable espresso blend, designed to carry caramel, cacao, and weight through milk, while the single-origin programme moves into lighter, more expressive territory. Start with a straight espresso when you want to understand the roast, or order a flat white when you need the quickest version of the house style.
The advantage of drinking at the roastery is that the bags, brewing tools, and people working with the coffee are close to the bar. Ask one precise question—what is tasting best as espresso, or which bag will suit your brewer—and use the answer to narrow the shelf. The range changes too often for an old product name to be useful, so choose by flavour direction, process, and brew method instead.
Filter
Filter is the reason to make Offshoot more than a convenient CBD coffee. The roaster regularly buys coffees from origins and producers that are less common on Perth shelves, including lots shaped by contemporary fermentation methods alongside cleaner washed releases. Pour-over gives those differences room, and current coffee releases are clearly labelled for filter or espresso rather than treated as interchangeable stock.
Ask what is available by the cup before choosing a retail bag. A barista can steer you towards fruit and florals, deeper sweetness, or a quieter washed profile without turning the order into a tasting lecture. Offshoot also runs public cuppings, a useful sign of how the team wants customers to compare coffees rather than simply collect tasting notes. If time permits, drink the filter first and buy beans afterwards.
Food
Food comes through the Mary Street Bakery connection. The self-service shelves carry pastries, doughnuts, pies, sausage rolls, sandwiches, salad bowls, and breakfast items, so a coffee can become a quick breakfast or light lunch without changing the roastery's focus. Choose a pastry or savoury bake when the cup is the main event. This is not the room for a long, table-service brunch, and the compact seating makes takeaway the safer plan at busy times.
Service & Room
The room is arranged for throughput: collect food, order at the counter, wait for coffee, then take an indoor seat or move into Hibernian Place. Retail bags and equipment reward a short browse, while the visible roasting operation keeps the shop from feeling like a generic office-district kiosk. Service is at its best when the order includes a useful preference—black or milk, familiar or experimental, espresso or filter.
Weekday-only hours shape the visit. Come before or between central Perth plans, not as a weekend destination, and expect a shorter stay if the few indoor seats are occupied. Rare and heavily processed coffees can be expensive, both by the cup and in retail bags. The price makes more sense when you want a specific filter experience or coffee to brew at home; for a routine milk drink, the house blend is the more straightforward order.
Why Filter Notes shortlisted Offshoot Coffee
Offshoot Coffee makes the Perth shortlist because the CBD room joins serious house roasting, approachable espresso, distinctive filter lots, and a retail shelf worth using in one compact stop. Cross town for a guided pour-over, the chance to compare unusual coffees, and a bag chosen with help from the bar; know before going that seating is limited, the most interesting releases command a premium, and the doors stay closed on weekends.